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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

LC control no.n 50034816
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LC classificationPS3601.B425
Personal name headingAbdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
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Variant(s)Jabbar, Kareem Abdul-, 1947-
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1947-
Alcindor, Lew, 1947-
Alcindor, Ferdinand Lewis, Jr., 1947-
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1947-04-16
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityBasketball Acting Coaching (Athletics)
AffiliationUCLA Bruins (Basketball team)
University of California, Los Angeles National Basketball Association
Milwaukee Bucks (Basketball team)
Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)
Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)
Profession or occupationBasketball players Actors Basketball coaches Authors
Found inPepe, P. Stand tall, 1970.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, 1994.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 2002: t.p. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) p. 9 (b. April/16/47; real name: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; basketball player)
Wikipedia, Oct. 3, 2012 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., April 16, 1947); retired American professional basketball player; actor; since 2005 has served as special assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 17, 2014: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor; born April 16, 1947 in Harlem, New York; basketball player; BA in History from UCLA (1969); in the summer of 1968 studied in a New York mosque; became a devout follower of Hamaas Abdul-Khaalis, and in 1971 changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (meaning {esc}(S2{esc}(Bgenerous and powerful servant of Allah))
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